During British rule, which ended in 1947, and into the 1950s, British and American vehicles dominated Indian roads. Every conceivable marque from Rolls-Royce and Cadillac to Austin and Plymouth could […]
THE 1947 BUICK ROADMASTER IN INDIA
Historic Ferrari & Grand Prix Cars – My Life by Spencer Martin
This book is a personal insight into the racing career of Spencer Martin, mostly seen through his own eyes. Early day influences and career defining moments, it charts his rise […]
Parking Cop
Early Australian Automotive/Automobile Design*; The first fifty years.
I have copies of previous books penned by Norm Darwin, – History of Ford in Australia, 100 Years of GM in Australia, and others. Early Australian Automotive Design (The first fifty […]
Not every press launch goes to plan…..
In the words of the late-Bill Tuckey, Australia’s finest motoring writer, “When anything can go wrong with a new model press launch, it will.” Perhaps most famously, even for supposedly […]
Leonardo Fioravanti
Leonardo Fioravanti gripped me by the elbow and steered me to a point diagonally behind the red Daytona. I’d asked, apprehensively, “Is there anything you would change, if you could […]
Audi Quattro Spyder
This was a private mother-and-son moment that transcended their roles as European automotive nobility. The proud engineer son and CEO of Audi, Ferdinand Piech, parading his new concept sports car […]
Lambo Crash!
Crashing the first Lamborghini Diablo allowed out of captivity should have ended my attempt to work in Europe. Long before the career move from Australia really began to pay dividends […]
Mazda-MX-5
Thirty years ago in Wheels magazine’s January 1990, which named the original Mazda MX-5 Car of the Year, I wrote: “I’ll admit I’m biased. You see, I love the MX-5. […]
